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Lesson 2 Reading and Vocabulary: Jokes (puns) Here are some easy crosswords to practice your vocabulary: http://iteslj.org/cw/3/ck-dolch01.html http://iteslj.org/cw/3/ck-dolch02.html http://iteslj.org/cw/3/ck-dolch03.html   A Baseball Joke Two buddies, Bob and Earl, were two of the biggest baseball fans in America. Their entire adult lives, Bob and Earl discussed baseball history in the winter, and they shouted every score…

Lesson 1 Vocabulary and Reading: Cooking Here is a crossword to practice your food vocabulary: http://iteslj.org/cw/1/vm-food.html A School Girl Sues Her School A straight-A student got a C in cooking class and didn’t like it. She didn’t like it so much that her dad filed a complaint in federal court about it. He alleges that…

Lesson 9 Chicago The third largest city in the United States (after New York and Los Angeles) lies on the shores of Lake Michigan. The Potawatomi once lived in this area and the city?s name derives from the Potawatomi word Checagou (meaning ?wild onions?). The name was used because the place used to smell like…

Lesson 5 Complete these sentences. Use you should + one of these verbs: Clean, go, take, read, watch, wear 1. When you play tennis, the ball. 2. It’s late and you’re very tired. to bed. 3. your teeth twice a day. 4. If you have time, the book. It’s very good. 5. When you’re driving,…

Lesson 9 Simple past vs. Present perfect Specified Time in the past. Unspecified Time in the past   Look at the verb in italics.  Is it simple past or is it present perfect? Check the box that describes whether the verb expresses something that happened at a specified time in the past or at an…

Lesson 7 Exercise on Gerund Complete the sentences with the gerund form of the verbs in parentheses. She is good at (dance) . He is crazy about (sing) . I don’t like (play) cards. They are afraid of (swim) in the sea. You should give up (smoke) . Sam dreams of (be) a popstar. He…